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Supporters of wild First Nations salmon made a stop at the Katzie reserve in Pitt Meadows Friday on their seven-day journey from Hell’s Gate to Vancouver. The Paddle for Wild Salmon ended their canoe journey Monday in Vancouver in time for the start of Cohen Commission hearings about the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River. The paddlers, as part of the Wild Salmon are Sacred movement, arrived with the goal of demanding full disclosure about diseases from the Norwegian salmon farms along the migration path of the Fraser sockeye for the past 18 years. Alexandra Morton, a biologist and vocal activist for wild salmon, landed on the Katzie reserve’s shore Friday in a fleet of five voyageur canoes and about 50 paddlers. Morton said the decline of the productivity of sockeye salmon began 18 years ago – when salmon farms began in the Fraser River. She said when they started in 1987, she thought they were a good idea, but “increasingly there were problems. Because I’m a biologist I could see the problems.” She saw killer whales abandon the Broughton Archipelago, where she lived, and saw the evidence of toxic algae blooms. Morton started seriously researching salmon farms in 2001 and hoped the Department of Fisheries and Oceans would do something to stop these farms in the Fraser River. “The way I see it now, DFO is not interested in protecting wild fish,” she said. Because of her disappointment in government efforts, Morton hopes public attention and activism will move the government to action. “I feel that unless there’s enormous public pressure, the salmon farmers will be allowed to

Canoes arrived at the Katzie dock in Pitt Meadows on Friday afternoon with First Nations and salmon activists. They were en route from Hell’s Gate to Vancouver to raise awareness about the effects of salmon farming. Samantha Shirley-Urano/TIMES transparency. keep their disease records secret,” “I can’t prove that salmon farms Morton said. are killing Fraser sockeye, but “I have a lot of reasons to think unless we know what’s going on salmon farms are killing Fraser with their diseases, we’ll never sockeye. Every sockeye that comes know; we’ll always wonder,” out of this river and turns north Morton explained. “Cohen’s is passing farm’s efﬂuent over its Commission would gills. So that means be incomplete every sockeye that “If we don’t get these ﬁsh farms without these comes out of here, if there’s a disease in contained and out of the water it’s records.” She hopes the the salmon farms, all going to be for nothing.” commission will they’re getting require all salmon exposed to it.” Geoff Clayton farms to release their Morton said while disease records. salmon numbers in “You need all the data, because the Fraser are decreasing, there is if you don’t have all the data, you one group that goes south that is haven’t answered the question,” consistently thriving. she said. “There’s one run of sockeye “If you don’t look at all the farms, salmon called the Harris run that the ones you didn’t look at could goes south out of the river to Juan be the problem. You simply have to de Fuca; they’re doing great,” she look at all the farms.” said. Diverse supporters of the Wild Morton and other activists are Salmon are Sacred group arrived in hoping their efforts will lead to

canoes and gathered on the shore at Katzie Friday. Katzie drummers welcomed the paddlers, along with local conservationists and members of the community. Geoff Clayton, of the Alouette River Management Society, greeted them. He has been involved with conservation and rebuilding the salmon stocks on the Alouette River for years. “There is a wealth of evidence the salmon farms are extremely detrimental to the wild stocks,” Clayton said. “Ultimately if we don’t get these fish farms contained and out of the water it’s all going to be for nothing.” Elena Edwards, an organizer for the paddle, was also there. She resigned from her job at a care home in April to be involved with the first paddle because she couldn’t get 10 days off work. Edwards has sacrificed to be a part of this movement, but she said

it is important to her. “It was the fact that someone recognized that they are sacred,” she said of her involvement. “[The salmon] are part of a culture, they’re part of an ecosystem. They connect people, from the headwaters of the Fraser to the ocean.” “When you care about something you have to do everything you can to protect it,” she explained. “It’s amazing to ﬁnd something so many people from so many different backgrounds care about.” Morton said on Friday she hopes their efforts will affect change. “If enough people show up at the opening of the Cohen Commission, I’m hoping that Justice Cohen will realize the importance of getting every single farm record,” she said. “We’re going to be camping along this river for a week, but apparently this is what it takes. I’m hoping this is what it takes.”

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HST protesters clash with filmmakers by Jeremy Shepherd editorial@mrtimes.com

Party bus assault Police are investigating allegations of assault on a party bus over the weekend. Early Saturday morning, police were called to the area of the 22800 block of the Lougheed Highway. Upon arrival just after midnight, there were about 25 teens, around 18 to 19 years old, in a parking lot. Police learned that the youths had been on a party bus. An altercation had broken out at the back of the bus and, subsequently, the driver of the bus dropped the youths off at the Lougheed location. Most teens were in varying levels of intoxication, according to police. One youth was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. Anyone with information can call the RCMP at 604-463-6251 and ask to speak to the investigator Const. Colin Ryder.

Man approaches 11-year-old girl An 11-year-old girl was approached by a man in the area of the 10300 block of McEachern Street in Maple Ridge around midday Friday. The man, described as white, skinny with grey hair and wearing overalls, approached the girl asking if she could help him find his dogs. The young girl did not engage, and ran away to report the incident. She told police that the man had been driving an older model burgundy-coloured van with no windows. Anyone with information regarding this suspicious occurrence is asked to contact the Ridge Meadows RCMP. The investigator is Const. Antoney Eeftink.

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Anti-HST protesters rallied in Maple Ridge during a break in the rain on Saturday, gathering in front of Marc Dalton’s office, marching to city hall, and vying for space with a film crew. Corisa Bell, the regional director of the Fight HST campaign, claimed nearly 100 protesters marched to city hall, where a film crew shooting in the area tried to get them to quiet down and then to move on. Police estimated 30 people attended the rally. Bell said the small skirmish with the film crew was emblematic of the clash over the tax. “The HST benefits the movie industry,” said Bell, who noted that a representative from the film crew asked them to quiet down, then tried to move them along without success. “They tried to get the police involved to remove us,” she said. But Bell added that the police didn’t interfere. “It proved a point that this is our community,” she said. Maple Ridge-Mission MLA

A group of Anti-HST protestors stood along Dewdney Trunk Road Saturday. The rally started at Liberal MLA Marc Dalton’s office and made its way down to city hall. Along with the anti-HST signs, others held recall Dalton signs. Mitch Thompson/TIMES Marc Dalton, target of the protest, said the anti-HST movement is less about the tax and more about political opportunism. “It’s a guise to promote

political change,” he said. The rally is part of a larger movement to recall Liberal MLAs in a bid to rid the province of the tax. Bell is recruiting volunteers

to collect signatures in the event a recall campaign is instigated against Dalton. Approximately 14,080 signatures would be needed to recall Dalton.

Bell said many people she met approved of the rally. “We had all the cars honking and people stopping to say, ‘Thank you for doing this,’” she said.

Mayor favours efforts to reduce diesel pollution by Jeremy Shepherd editorial@mrtimes.com

Despite a lack of government funding and problems with enforcement, representatives from Metro Vancouver told Maple Ridge councillors at a council workshop Monday they are determined to reduce diesel emissions. Diesel engines belch out approximately two-thirds of Metro Vancouver’s air pollution associated with heightened risks of cancer, but it’s not diesel trucks that are the problem. About 84 per cent of particulate matter, or soot, comes from diesel engines on marine vessels and machines used for industrial and construction. Motor vehicles account for about eight per cent of the pollution, according to Metro Vancouver. Action needs to be taken to reduce particulate matter in the air, which worsens the effect of climate change and reduces people’s health, said Derek Jennejohn, Metro Vancouver’s senior engineer for air quality. He claimed it’s making people more vulnerable to certain kinds of cancer. Metro Vancouver’s plan is to

based on the system currently being crack down on diesel engines with used in California, which registers 25 horsepower or more, including and labels all diesel engines. machines like excavators, backhoes, Jennejohn said a problem is the cranes, forklifts, and locomotive rail lack of a registration database, so switchers. Trucks and marine vessels there is currently no way to know would not be targeted by Metro where all the diesel engines are in Vancouver. Metro Vancouver. Jennejohn said he wants the Another concern is companies engines to be registered and labelled, setting up shop out of province to and for polluters to be fined. avoid the regulations, he The plan is for said, adding the problem the program to be is something the state of self-sustaining after “It’s like spitting on a forest fire, but California is dealing with. its first year, staying you’ve got to start somewhere.” Ray Robb, the regulation afloat with fees and and enforcement fines. Ernie Daykin division manager with The program, Metro Vancouver said Metro Vancouver’s ships, which cause Non-Road Diesel approximately 41 per cent of Engine Initiative, is scheduled to be particulate matter pollution, are submitted to the Metro Vancouver also out of Metro Vancouver’s energy and environment committee jurisdiction. Railroads would also in November. be off limits for Metro Vancouver, Jennejohn suggested someone according to Robb. looking to reduce emissions would Robb said he’d like to see the be able to get financial help from the Canadian government follow diesel engine initiative. the example of the United States Jennejohn said the program is government, which has pledged seeking $25 million from the federal government and $10 million from the hundred of millions of dollars to the public and private sector to reduce provincial government to get started, diesel emissions. but hasn’t received any money yet. “We haven’t been successful in The initiative would largely be

convincing our senior government they should do likewise,” he said. Councillor Craig Speirs said he is concerned about vehicles that don’t fall under Metro Vancouver’s scope of interest, like diesel lawnmowers. “We could commute all week and then negate it all by cutting the lawn on the weekend,” he said. Councillor Linda King expressed concern about the disposal of large diesel engines. “I wouldn’t want to see our machinery go offshore and do terrible things in other places,” she said. Robb said companies like Caterpillar already have programs in place for disposing of old machines because they want the steel. Under the diesel engine initiative there wouldn’t be any measures to prevent someone from selling an engine elsewhere in Canada or to another country, Robb said. Jennejohns said users would have a choice between scrapping their diesel engine or keeping it and paying ﬁnes. Mayor Ernie Daykin expressed support for the program. “If we look globally... it’s like spitting on a forest ﬁre, but you’ve got to start somewhere.”

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A Kelowna man who allegedly beat and robbed an unemployed carpenter at gunpoint last year testified he was involved in a marijuana deal, not a robbery. Shawn Tottenham, 28, had been released from the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre earlier that morning when he was in line at a Money Mart on Lougheed Highway near 207 Street on Oct. 18, 2009. Tottenham had been convicted for dangerous driving, flight, and assault causing bodily harm. Tottenham testified his friend, Brian Hester, who is also facing charges of robbery using an imitation firearm, arrived in Maple Ridge to pick him up and drive him back to Kelowna. Hester arrived in a car with very little gas and no money, according to Tottenham, which prompted him to go to Money Mart and cash his cheque. “I had around $12 in cash and a $100 cheque from support services,” he said at Port Coquitlam Provincial Court last week. Tottenham testified he was in line with Hester, who had some marijuana, when Terry Desroche, a former Maple Ridge resident, noticed them. “[Hester] had a bud, and he

kind of put it to my nose to smell it, and the guy behind me [Desroche] was like, ‘hey, that smells pretty good,’” Tottenham said. After cashing his cheque, Tottenham said Hester decided to make a deal. “Brian says, ‘Hold on, we’re going to sell this guy [Desroche] some pot,’” Tottenham said. Tottenham said they sold Desroche three ounces for $600, enough marijuana to fill up about two-thirds of a big sandwich baggie. Desroche testified he left the Money Mart with $730 after cashing his employment insurance cheque, and shortly afterward, Tottenham offered him a ride. “He tried to haggle a bit of a deal, but we sold him $200 an ounce,” Tottenham said. “I take the money, [Brian] hands him the pot... and that’s a sale, I guess.” Tottenham testified they were going to leave but soon realized they’d sold all their marijuana, except one joint, to Desroche. With a long drive on the Coquihalla Highway looming, Tottenham said they approached Desroche again. “We pulled up beside him and said, ‘Hey, can you sell us back a 10-bag?’” Desroche agreed to trade them some marijuana for a ride, according to Tottenham.

Desroche testified he has two herniated discs in his back and took the ride because he didn’t want to walk home. Desroche got into the backseat of the sedan along with a female companion of Desroche and Hester’s. Tottenham said he drove the group near some mailboxes where they planned to smoke a joint before taking Desroche home. “I thought we could be inconspicuous there, I guess,” he said. Crown counsel Janet Dickie suggested there was a contradiction between showing marijuana openly in the Money Mart and finding a private place to smoke. “Some things, you want to be more conspicuous than others,” Tottenham said. Shortly after parking, Tottenham said their woman friend was yelling that Desroche grabbed her leg, and when he turned around he saw Desroche bleeding from his mouth. Tottenham said he told Desroche not to bleed on anything in the car before telling him to get out. Desroche testified Tottenham hit him, probably with his elbow, told him to take out his money, and pistol-whipped him. Desroche said he pulled out his money and his iPod.

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Tottenham said they found an iPod in the car after Desroche left and he decided to keep it. When asked if he was in possession of a firearm or if he elbowed Desroche in the face, he answered: “Absolutely not.” Desroche testified a revolver was pointed very close to his face. “They told me not to bleed all over the car,” he said. Desroche testified he received at least six stitches from being struck twice. See ROBBERY, Page 5

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completed within a month. Dean Purdy, chair of corrections and sheriff services at the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union, said overcrowding has made it increasingly difficult to effectively monitor all prisoners. Fraser Regional is also the temporary holding area for hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum-seekers who arrived aboard the MV Sun Sea in August. “The Fraser Regional Correctional Centre is a maximum security jail that was built for 254 inmates,” said Purdy. “With the addition of the Tamil migrants, the count is over 800, so you can imagine the conditions that our correctional officers have to deal with.” He estimated there is a ratio of 40 prisoners to one staff member at Fraser Regional. “Conditions within our jails are bad enough with overcrowding and inmate-to-staff ratio,” he said. “When you add drugs and other contraband into an already tense situation, it makes the conditions that our correctional officers work under very difficult.”

A man had his vehicle impounded for three days after driving his car into some shrubs. On Thursday morning at about 5:28 a.m., a citizen who lives in the area of the 24600 block of Dewdney Trunk Road called Ridge Meadows RCMP to report that there was a truck on her lawn and that it was caught up on some shrubbery. The driver had his vehicle in reverse and it appeared as though he was attempting to dislodge his vehicle from the plants. Police arrived and administered the roadsidescreening device. Subsequently, the driver was issued an immediate roadside prohibition and his vehicle was impounded.

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BC Corrections has launched an internal investigation following what is believed to be the drug-related death of a prisoner Tuesday night. Ridge Meadows RCMP was called to the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge at around 7 p.m. to attend to a 32-yearold male, said Cpl. Alanna Dunlop. The BC Coroners Service also attended and will be performing an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. A BC Corrections spokeswoman conﬁrmed to The Vancouver Sun that a prisoner died on Tuesday but would not provide further details. “Consistent with standard practice, BC Corrections will be completing an internal investigation of the circumstances of this individual’s death,” said Marnie Mayhew. The investigation is expected to be

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ROBBERY, From Page 4 He said he smokes marijuana about twice a week, partially for recreation and partially to alleviate his back pain, but didn’t buy marijuana from the accused. Crown counsel Janet Dickie questioned Tottenham about statements he made to an RCMP Corporal in Kelowna after he’d been arrested. Tottenham told the police officer he didn’t know Hester, who he testified has been his friend for 15 years. “This police officer I’ve dealt with on many occasions, and he knows I know Brian,” Tottenham said. “I was trying to end the conversation.” Tottenham said he was being uncooperative with the officer because he wanted to sleep. The trial continues next week.

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Cancer kills pot activist by Alﬁe Lau

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Prince of Pot Marc Emery’s ex-business partner and medical marijuana advocate, Michelle Rainey, has died from cancer. Rainey had lived with Crohn’s disease since she was a teenager and in the last years of her life struggled against melanoma and lymphatic cancer. Her husband, Jef Tek, and mother, Emilie, were at her side, each holding a hand, when she died Wednesday night at her home in Maple Ridge in spite of last-ditch, highdosage experimental cannabis treatment. Rainey, 39, was the organizational force behind Emery’s pot-based business empire. However, their relationship deteriorated and they split after being hit with a 2005 U.S. drug-and-money-laundering indictment. Rainey produced her own show on YouTube titled Michelle’s Medicinal Marijuana, distributing cannabis education packages to those who were in need. She was also a director for Treating Yourself magazine. Rainey and Emery met in 1998 while he was living on the Sunshine Coast and she was working in a Gibsons bank. She quit work to become his partner. Together they established the B.C. Marijuana Party and opened a bookstore-cum-pot headquarters. In the 2001 provincial election, the party ﬁelded candidates in every riding - 79 in all. Rainey ran in Peace River South, operating out of The Alaskan Hotel in Dawson Creek. She managed to get U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s old campaign tour bus, nicknamed it the “Cannabus,” and toured the province with then-party leader Brian Taylor. The party captured more than 50,000 votes - 3.2 per cent - all funded by Emery’s multimillion-dollar-a-year catalogue seed business. Their economic success and celebrity, however, attracted attention of the American

drug warriors and they were busted. She and a third co-accused, Greg Williams, pleaded guilty in April and were sentenced to two years probation. Last month, Emery began serving a five-year prison term in the U.S. and he commented on Rainey’s passing via an email from jail sent to Vancouver Sun columnist Ian Mulgrew: “Michelle needs to be recognized as one of the greatest activists this movement has ever had... Michelle may have literally given her life to the movement, and when people think about what they can do for freedom in their lifetime, Michelle’s life is a shining example of how much is possible, even under great duress.” In the early 1990s, Rainey began smoking marijuana in place of a daily regimen of pharmaceutical drugs she was taking to relieve the symptoms of Crohn’s. She said cannabis did not trigger the same debilitating side effects as the pills. After meeting Emery, she went public about her use and in recent years became Canada’s most recognizable medical pot crusader. Her advocacy brought her into contact with numerous high-profile Canadians and she relished talking about rubbing shoulders with celebrities such as Romeo Dallaire, Henry Morgentaler, and Wade Davis. Media mogul Moses Znaimer flew to Vancouver to say goodbye. Her pal Dan Aykroyd telephoned his last so-long earlier in the day Wednesday. “I want people to keep working, keep working for change – too many sick people are still having difficulty getting their medication,” Rainey recently said. “That’s what I want as my legacy - change.” Sadly, she did not live to see the historic marijuana legalization vote that will occur in California on Nov. 2. She predicted, though: “Change is going to come.”

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TransLink has given up trying to sell the Albion ferries, and will be sending them to the scrapheap instead. The transit authority is not wasting time now that a decision has been made, and will proceed as soon as possible. “As soon as we can make arrangements with a scrap dealer to take them and break them up,” said Ken Hardie, a TransLink

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Maple Ridge needs to fill the gaps in its storm system, but where the money will come from for repairs and upgrades to the district’s stormwater and drainage system was up for debate at yesterday’s city council workshop. “We just keep asking for more, and there’s a breaking point, I think,” said Councillor Cheryl Ashlie, speaking about a plan to institute a levy to pay for the upgrades. City staff stated in a report that current funding for stormwater and drainage is insufficient, and proposed a levy be submitted as part of the 2011 business plan. Staff proposed the money collected be used only for stormwater and drainage. If adopted, the levy would be between $5 and $15 in the first year, and between $15 and $35 in the third year. She referred to the levy as “that easy, low-hanging fruit way of funding,” and said council should look to fund the project by making

the existing budget more efficient. Councillor Craig Speirs said Ashlie was looking for a “magical pot of efficiency” that doesn’t exist. Speirs stressed the importance of repairing and upgrading the system due to massive costs to citizens in the event of flooding. Councillor Michael Morden also expressed his support for the plan, but said council needed to take a long-term view. “We’re being taxed to death and it’s just not getting any better,” he said. “How are our kids going to pay for all this?” Strengthening the stormwater system has become more important recently, according to Councillor Linda King. “We’re having more severe weather events impacting all the infrastructure that we have,” she said. Councillor Al Hogarth said he supported the project because the tax would be specifically for stormwater and drainage, and citizens would know exactly what they’re getting for their money.

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Integrative medicine expert Dr. Hyla Cass will be in Maple Ridge Wednesday to promote her new book 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health. She will give a lecture at Roots Natural Organic Foods at 22254 Dewdney Trunk Road at 7 p.m. In her book, Cass combines natural medicine with modern science to provide a plan for women to correct health imbalances and restore well-being. “Because of our fast-paced lifestyle; the accelerating pressure of careers, family and relationships; and the shift toward more equality in our social structure, we develop more health concerns by the day,” Cass said in a press release, causing “depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, weight gain, and of course, hormonal swings.” Cass’ book provides strategies for using food and lifestyle changes to increase energy, balance brain chemistry and hormones, and decrease the effects of pre-menstrual syndrome and menopause.

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Sebastian Villamizar, seven, carried a rather healthy-sized pumpkin Tuesday at Laity Pumpkin Patch. Sebastian was visiting the Maple Ridge property with his class from Coquitlam’s Our Lady of Fatima School. The Laity Pumpkin Patch is open weekends from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. This Monday to Friday (Oct. 25-29) it will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit www.laitypumpkinpatch.com. Troy Landreville/TIMES

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Reading a key to life long success B.C.’s Ministry of Education is reminding the province to crack a book from time to time. This Oct. 25 at 11 a.m. has been dubbed Drop Everything and Read, an event to encourage everyone to pick up a favourite book and spend 20 minutes just reading. Former Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid backs up her message with information about the dangers of low literacy, and the positive benefits of reading. Lack of literacy is obviously a huge impediment for many people. “Reading is the foundation everyone must have to be successful,” MacDiarmid writes. From reading prescriptions and medicine bottles to writing a resume, reading is a key skill to surviving in this world. Almost every job that pays enough to support a family is going to require the ability to read a training manual or a textbook. Reading to children is also beneficial, apparently encouraging brain development in children as young as 18 months old, and reading with or to older children boosts their academic skills. All those are good reasons to read, but they miss out on the real reason so many people read a book every day. Reading is fun. Of course, if you picked up this newspaper, you probably already know this. But maybe there are those in your life who haven’t heard this message. The best way to ensure that someone becomes a regular reader is to give them a good reason to keep reading. That reason may come in many forms. Maybe it’s a love of fiction, from classic literature to mysteries, science fiction, romances or the pulpy fun of superhero comics. Maybe it’s a love of ancient history, or classic motorcycles, or macrame. Books on all those subjects, and just about anything else you can name, are at the local library. Coincidentally, this is Library Month in B.C. which is a good reason for making a special effort to visit the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows libraries. Dig out your library card, pick up a book, and spend 20 minutes next week enjoying a book. Maybe you can fit in a little more reading in the days, weeks, and months ahead. – M.C. ■ Your View Last week’s question Is Halloween going overboard these days? YES NO

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Stupidity brings back sickish memories Sometimes you see somebody doing I haven’t been inside a paper mill for something so astoundingly stupid that, many years, so I can’t attest precisely to no matter how it turns out, the act is how things are done today. Computers etched in your memory forever. were just beginning to swallow up some And when you see something of the routine work in the mid-1970s. remotely similar happening again – not But as is so often the case, the really necessarily on the same scale of stupid, hard work, I’m sure, still has to be done Bob but reasonably close – that creepy, by people. scary feeling that you’re about to One of my duties as a “rollcutter” on Groeneveld witness a tragedy comes welling back one of the giant paper machines was to Odd Thoughts up from the nether cracks and crannies clear up huge wads of paper that flew of your brain, leaving you with the out of the calender stacks or off the same sickening knot in your stomach as winder after a “machine break.” grew there the first time. The paper – a continuous sheet of hot newsprint Many, many years ago, in an attempt to scratch ten metres wide coming out of the “dry end” of the together enough scratch to fund my university machine at 12 to 15 metres per second – quickly education, I worked in a paper mill – for a year after built up into a mountain of “broke” while the high school, and again every summer holiday (and machine crew patched the problem and got the sometimes Christmas and the odd weekend). sheet smoothly winding back onto its giant spool It’s kind of ironic that I ended up with a career once again. in newspapering – putting words and sentences It was part of my job as rollcutter to clear on the very newsprint that I helped to build in my sometimes nearly a ton of crumpled paper – a pile formative years. literally as big as a house – away from the paper We all go off in different directions, don’t we? machine… and then stuff it down the “broke hole” I still use some of my plant science in my back for recycling back into the “wet end” of the paper yard, pruning and grafting fruit trees, growing machine. veggies, and even occasionally doing a little bit of The broke hole was a metre-by-metre hole in the plant breeding – never coming up with anything floor, over a huge cauldron of hot water and pulp useful, but it’s been fun. that was continually churned by massive steel It’s also kind of depressing to think that, had I blades. stuck to producing paper instead of writing on it, I The trick was to get all of that giant wad of hot would have made somewhere in the neighbourhood paper through that little hole, into the “broke pit,” of four times as much money over the course of my as quickly as possible, so that the work of making working life thus far, and would now most likely be paper would be disrupted as little as possible. comfortably retired. A guard rail around the hole in the floor made it all On the other hand, like most of the people I the more difficult to stuff the paper into it. worked with in the mill, I regarded it as just a It was a huge relief to be promoted to “5th hand,” drudge job – a means to an end – whereas I have which included supervising the paper-stuffing been fortunate in having found an interesting and – often from a safe (and lazy) distance. often refreshing way of life instead. It was as a 5th hand that I witnessed one of those Depending on your temperament, working in a dreadful, sick-making moments: my 6th hand was mill can be boring as all get-out, especially at the pushing paper into the hole, under the guard rail, entry-level jobs. while the rollcutter was jumping up and down on a Not only is boredom not fun, but in a setting wad of paper that had gotten stuck in the hole! where you’re working with mammoth equipment Luckily, the paper didn’t get unstuck before I got that runs at huge speeds all around you, that old there and chewed the two out. expression, “dying of boredom,” hovers constantly But, oh! I remember that day… and what could on the edge of reality. have happened.

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Crash victim honoured by Real best place on Earth Pitt Meadows last year Editor:

Editor: Re: Two dead after car crosses median, Oct. 22, 2010 When I returned from Kamloops to read the local newspapers, the tragic news of the fatal crash on Lougheed Highway hit me like a sledgehammer. Beckie Dyer was not just a ﬁne young woman, who justly deserved the Lynn Papp Award in 2009, she was the only daughter of a single mother and niece of very close friends of mine. It is very hard to imagine the extraordinary grief of

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Beckie’s mother who raised such a ﬁne young woman only to lose her in such a manner. Please join me in extending condolences to Beckie’s mother Ms. Debbie Dyer, to Beckie’s family, her friends, and other loved ones. I had the distinct pleasure

to present the annual Lynn Papp Award to Beckie on June 6, 2009 (see picture). If we would truly honour Beckie Dyer and her friend John De Oliveira, we will volunteer and contribute positively to our communities. Please follow your heart and do so. Rick Higgs Pitt Meadows *Editor’s note: A joint memorial service for Beckie Dyer and John De Oliveira will be on Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Maple Ridge Baptist Church at Lougheed Highway and 222 Street.

A slogan which has been very popular over the last ten years is British Columbia is the “Best Place on Earth.” I’ve been asking myself why British Columbia is the best place on Earth, and I reached the following conclusions in what I call the real best place on Earth. British Columbia is the best place on Earth because: 1. Only in British Columbia is it possible to lie outright to the general electorate and get re-elected strictly because the economy turned around on your watch. 2. Only in British Columbia can one claim that the provincial bank accounts are in the red, order drastic cuts to health care and education because there is no money whilst at the same time giving money to the Olympic bid committee. All this despite that when taking ofﬁce one inherits a surplus.

3. Nowhere else in Canada is it possible to claim no knowledge of the real state of the province’s ﬁnances, claim that you were busy with an election, and ignore the realization that you are either a liar or incompetent and the people know it. And only in British Columbia is it possible to achieve the lowest approval rating in Canada and still smile. This despite the fact that politically you are hanging yourself and the people who want your job are the ones supplying the rope. 4. Finally, only in British Columbia is it possible to tell the people of the province that your government is focused on the economy while ignoring the people of British Columbia. I hope my fellow electors remember these reasons why B.C. is the best place on Earth when we go to the ballot box in 2013. Nigel Tucker Maple Ridge

MLA’s letter gets the facts wrong on green energy regulation Re: Site C is not the answer, Oct. 8, 2010 MLA Michael Sather’s letter, in which he attacks renewable green energy projects, is a predictable mishmash of inaccuracies and misinformation. Our group, B.C. Citizens for Green Energy, has come to expect this kind of thing from poorly informed green energy opponents, but one expects a member of the B.C. Legislature to be more knowledgeable on an

important subject like this and more conversant with the facts. For starters, Sather incorrectly claims that run-of-river projects have signiﬁcant negative effects on salmon and that no planning process is in place “to determine which of these projects are advisable and which are not.” Sather’s claim is completely inaccurate and it verges on being irresponsible. Contrary to what Sather claims, run-of-river projects are subject to very strict

environmental scrutiny with more than 50 approvals, permits, licenses and reviews needed from 14 government regulatory bodies before they can proceed. Run-of-river projects are also built well away from any salmon-bearing stretches of a river and are typically located above a natural barrier to salmon such as a steep waterfall or an impassable elevation change. There is extensive planning, study and

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down and eating it. Many of Halloween’s favourite creatures have an association Vampires, with darkness ghosts, witches Anne and hidden and frightening places. Bats, ﬁends are the Marrison for instance, main characters stay hidden Garden Talk at today’s in dark caves, Halloween cavities in festivities – but trees, shadowed corners in the celebration often depicts barns and other dark places. four creatures that in times In times past, people past were believed to have believed bats were evil dark powers of their own. spirits in disguise and bats Black cats, for instance are are feared by many people, traditionally believed to be especially since the bites can unlucky and the bad luck be very dangerous – a small this brings was thought to percentage of bats carry be dire indeed if one crosses rabies. your path on Halloween But bats are also invaluable night. The Druids (ancient priests) since they kill enormous numbers of mosquitoes and believed certain cats were other insects. Gardeners who people who had been turned hope to attract this valuable into evil spirits. predator to their garden In later times all cats were sometimes buy and install a thought to be the familiars bat house. Bats prefer their of witches. But in ancient lair to be high up in heavy Egypt the cat was muchshade facing a clear ﬂight revered as being sacred to path. the goddess Bastet and those Halloween’s dark beliefs who harmed a cat were have also coalesced around sometimes executed. owls. But if cats are allowed to In ancient Rome, owls were roam free outside in rural believed to bring horrible areas they earn their keep misfortune, while in North and perform a great public America, First Nations service by killing rats and people thought the owl was a mice in great numbers. messenger from the dead. Country cats have the Like cats, owls were endearing habit of bringing believed to be unlucky. Like their prey to a door of cats, owls were believed to their owner’s house and be evil spirits in disguise displaying it before squatting

– and like cats owls are efficient predators of rats and mice. Owls only hunt in the dark of night guided by an uncanny sense of sight and abnormally acute hearing. Their flight is so quiet they steal upon their prey silently and lethally. They eat mice, voles, rats and some insects such as grasshoppers. Spider webs are a traditional Halloween decoration. Once there was a belief that the future could be revealed in a spider’s web. So many people are afraid of spiders there’s even a word for it: arachnophobia. There was a time when spiders webs were used as a healing wrap for wounds. But all spiders should be treated with respect. Though they very seldom bite people, their bites are very painful and some can ulcerate into open sores that last for months. In the garden, spiders are a treasure. Depending on the species, they may be trappers that weave webs, hunters or little jumping spiders. Regardless of their method, as a group, they’re believed to eat more insects than birds do. They’ll eat anything they can catch. This includes aphids, flea beetles and caterpillars. One good way of increasing a garden’s spider population is to use grass clipping mulches. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her

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Hydro did not convincingly demonstrate to the commission that BC Hydro’s proposed conservation and demand side management measures would be more cost-effective than developing supply-side resources such as the renewable electricity that could be acquired from independent green energy producers. Regrettably, space does not allow me to counter each and every one of MLA Sather’s inaccurate and misleading claims. However, for anyone wishing to explore the question of green energy in B.C., we have further information available on our BCCGE website (www.greenenergybc.ca). David Field, Co-spokesperson B.C. Citizens for Green Energy

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Exhibit featuring our feathered friends

New Creations Gallery will have a new exhibit in November featuring the ﬁne art photography of Damon Calderwood, who has been travelling throughout North American photographing different species of birds. Moments of Discovery: Photographing North American Birds will run from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30 at the New Creations Gallery at 22409 McIntosh Ave. in downtown Maple Ridge. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The gallery is closed Monday. For more information about the gallery, go to www.newcreationsgallery.ca. The public is invited to join Damon Calderwood at an opening reception on Friday, Nov. 5, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Kris Kupskay, a five-year professional mural painter, works on a painting of a bear climbing a tree, part of a mural being painted on 119th Street, on Saturday. Kupskay, along with others, have been working on the Ridge Meadows Association for Community Living’s project for over a week, and hope to finish for Oct. 27th. The mural was designed by Jessica Bailuk. Mitch Thompson/TIMES

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“There’s a lot happening to a woman’s body that feels out of control,” she said. “This [test] puts a woman in charge of her health and it’s very empowering.” To reach out to women, Karp said LACE is putting up posters, posting online videos, airing radio spots, tweeting to 577 followers and picking up 310 friends on Facebook. “We’ve gotten a lot of volunteers and donations on Twitter,” she said. Part of their Internet campaign involves sending out anonymous annual emails to remind women when it’s time to get tested again.

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Baptist church doubles as Santa’s workshop for destitute children

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Operation Christmas Child is looking for volunteers to bring the holiday spirit and a handful of hard candy to impoverished children in South America. by Jeremy Shepherd editorial@mrtimes.com

In Maple Ridge, you can ﬁt the community’s Christmas spirit into a shoebox. Every year, Operation Christmas Child volunteers pack shoeboxes with toys and candy for an impoverished boy or girl living in Mexico, Latin America or South America. Local coordinator Barb Gustafson said part of the reason she got involved was the opportunity to learn and practice compassion. Every year she packs her grandsons into the car and drives to the dollar store to pick out toys for poor children. If it’s the ﬁrst trip for a grandson, she said, she tells them about the children with no toys except maybe for sticks and stones, and then waits for two words to come from the backseat: “That’s sad.” That empathy is the essence of Operation Christmas Child for Gustafson. Volunteers can drop off their shoeboxes packed with goodies at the Maple Ridge Baptist Church on Lougheed Highway near 222 Street. Packages are scheduled to be collected from Monday, Nov. 15 to Saturday, Nov. 20, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. From Maple Ridge the shoeboxes go to Abbotsford, where they’re trucked to

Calgary and then taken to countries like Venezuela, El Salvador and Guatemala. “We’re always short of boxes for boys, especially 10 to 14-year-old boys,” she said. Gustafson said one of the best presents for boys of that age is a soccer ball and a pump. “They feel like they’ve died and gone to heaven.” The best shoeboxes come with a handful of hard candy (soft candy probably won’t survive the trip), a doll for girls, a car for boys, a toy that promotes interaction with other kids and maybe something like a comb or a bar of soap, according to Gustafson. Gustafson has made two trips to Nicaragua and one to Bolivia, and she’s seen the joy on the children’s faces when they open their presents. Beth Reynolds is one of the volunteers who made the trip to Nicaragua last year. “I looked at my bank account and I had the exact amount of money to go, so I thought, I’m going,” she said. Despite the high cost of the trip, as well as being 69 – Operation Christmas Child recommends volunteers be between 18 and 65 to make the trip – Reynolds had a profound experience. “They were absolutely delighted to get their boxes,” she said. Reynolds said the group, consisting of about 27 people, visited either a village or an orphanage every day. Although people in the outer reaches of the country have clothes and shelter, Reynolds said she witnessed

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true poverty in the villages. “Our poorest people here are wealthy by comparison.”. While children in villages had nothing but their families, children in orphanages sometimes had nothing at all. “The children at the orphanages were very clingy, so obviously they needed a little extra,” Reynolds said, referring to those who seemed to need one more hug. “That was really a big impact on me.” She also encountered a boy who was living in a room approximately 12-feet square with four relatives. He also had one foot that was two inches shorter than the other. However, partially because of Operation Christmas Drop, he recently underwent surgery for his foot. While the thought behind all presents is appreciated, Gustafson advises against packing items that might shatter or scare a child. This year, Operation Christmas Child isn’t accepting toothpaste because many hungry children tend to eat it, or playing cards, because of the Catholic Church’s anti-gambling stance. Most of the shoeboxes are distributed to children in countries that are predominantly Catholic. Anything inappropriate but usable volunteers take out of shoeboxes and donate to the Salvation Army. Gustafson also wanted people to know that while some items are removed, nothing is added to the boxes.

Bob Haywood, a member of the grandpaws program, spends some time with Barcley the cat during Katie’s Place Animal Shelter’s ninth anniversary in Maple Ridge on Sunday. The grandpaws program gives the elderly a chance to spend some time with animals that need love. Mitch Thompson/TIMES

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❚ A Chinese Food Luncheon will be organized by the Ridge Meadows Seniors Society at

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❚ Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild will be meeting at Whonnock Lake Centre on at 7:30 p.m. We encourage visitors, guests, and new or potential members to join us. Besides

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❚ Fundraising bridge tournament for the Children of the Street Society will be held at the Pitt Meadows Golf and Country Club. $30 entry fee includes cash and door prizes, coffee and biscuits in the morning and lunch. For info 467-1011.

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❚ The Hominum Fraser Valley chapter is a support and discussion group to help gay, bi-sexual or questioning men with the challenges of being married, separated or single. The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. For information and meeting location call Don at 329-9760 or Art at 462-9813.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

WHAT’S ON COMMUNITY, From Page 21

October 30

❚ Celebrate Halloween at The Haney Farmers’ Market. Wear your costume and win a prize. The children will decorate a cookie in the lounge of St. Andrew’s Haney United Church. Our vendors have colourful autumn produce and late harvest fruit. Join us between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Haney United Church at Dewdney Trunk Road and 222nd Street.

October 30

❚ Alouette Field Naturalists travel to Pitt Lake for fall birding. Meet at 9:30 a.m. in the Grant Narrows parking lot. Call Alison at 463-3902.

October 30

❚ Hallowe’en/Octoberfest Pub Night from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Ridge Meadows Seniors Centre at 12150 - 224th St. Entertainment by Ole, Al and Jim. Beer, wine, coffee, tea, soft drinks and refreshments. Wear a costume and win a prize. Come and enjoy a “Howling Good Time.” Admission: $3. No minors please.

October 30

❚ “I Love to Dance” will take place at the Ridge Meadows Seniors Society ballroom at 12150 224 St. in Maple Ridge. Tickets are $20 and $17 for members of the seniors society and are available at the door. Robyn Picard will teach a hustle lesson from 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., then a cha-cha lesson until 8 p.m. Then dance to fabulous music. New Years tickets are now available. For more information, visit www.ilovetodance.ca or call Ray at 836-7295.

October 26

❚ Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild will be meeting at Whonnock Lake Centre on at 7:30 p.m. We

encourage visitors, guests, and new or potential members to join us. Besides spinners and weavers, we welcome felters, knitters, basket makers, and anyone interested in any other fibre arts. For more information, please call Marie at 462-9059.

November 2

❚ The Garibaldi Art Club is holding a meeting at 7 p.m. in the Craft Room, 3rd Floor, Maple Ridge Arts Centre. Preparations for the Fall Show to be held November 19 - 21 will be discussed. Membership $50 or $40 for seniors. New members welcome.

November 3

❚ Italian Language Classes for children/youth in Maple Ridge will begin on Nov. 3 and continue until May at St. Patrick’s Elementary. To register and for more information, call 466-5478. (Don’t call the school for information.)

November 3

❚ The Wellness Connection presents an informative and interactive evening at the Pitt Meadows Library from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Learn how to change your beliefs and change your life with PSYCHK instructor and facilitator Sandra Wallin, MA; discover the healing powers of Reiki with Reiki Master Pat Bader; and find out how to empower your self with our registered professional counsellor, Kelli Gabel. Free admission. For more information, call Pat at 868-1641 or visit www. wellnessconnectionbc.com.

November 4

❚ Hugh Brewster will be at the Maple Ridge Public Library at 1 p.m. for a special Remembrance Day author reading. Hugh brings World War II to life in his latest book Prisoner of Dieppe, which launches the new I am Canada series. Brewster interviewed veterans who described how war camp prisoners dug tunnels and accomplished amazing escapes. This program will be of special interest to kids in grades 5-7, but is open to

Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times everyone. For more information, please call the Maple Ridge Public Library at 4677417.

November 4

❚ Ridge Meadows ExServicewomen's monthly meeting with elections is at 1 p.m. downstairs at the Royal Canadian Legion at 12101 224 St. in Maple Ridge. Or come at noon with your own lunch for a social hour.

November 5

❚ Hammond Elementary celebrates ten years in its new building by opening their time capsule box in the school library from 12:30 to 1:30 pm. Former staff, students and their families enrolled at Hammond during the 1999-2000 school year are invited to attend and to share their memories. Items from the time capsule will be on display. RSVP Hammond school by email hammondtimecapsule@hotmail.com.

November 7

❚ Alouette Field Naturalists travel to Minnekada Regional Park for fall birding. Meet at 9:30 a.m. at Harris and Dewdney to carpool. Call Susanne at 477-1405.

November 9

❚ Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild will be meeting at Whonnock Lake Centre on at 7:30 p.m. We encourage visitors, guests, and new or potential members to join us. Besides spinners and weavers, we welcome felters, knitters, basket makers, and anyone interested in any other fibre arts. For more information, please call Marie at 462-9059.

November 13

❚ Alouette Field Naturalists travel to the Reifel Bird Refuge for fall birding. Meet at 9 a.m. at Harris and Dewdney to carpool. Call Joan at 460-6415.

November 13

❚ The Maple Ridge Public Library offers Boys Meet Books on Saturday, Oct. 9 and Saturday, Nov. 13 from 2 to 3 p.m. This is a unique

book club especially for boys in Grades 4 to 7 and their parent, adult friend or relative. Come and discuss books, share snacks and participate in fun activities. The first book will be The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. For more info and to register, please call the Maple Ridge Public Library at 467-7417.

November 13

❚ Fraserview Village is holding a Christmas gift, craft and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Fraserview Village Hall at 227 Street and 116 Avenue. Tables rent for $15 a piece. For more info or to book, call 463-2902.

November 17 to 21

❚ Emerald Pig Theatrical Society is proud to present another dinner theatre comedy at the ACT in Maple Ridge from Nov. 17 to 21. Butterflies Are Free by Leonard Gershe is a romantic comedy set circa 1969. Tickets for dinner and show are $45 and brunch is $40. Call 604-4762787 to book. We hope you’ll enjoy this nostalgic romp back to the flower-powered 60’s and we encourage you to dress up and be far out. For more info check out our website at www.emeraldpig. ca.

for local residents which is free. This program is offered through the Canadian Diabetes Association. There is another session starting Oct. 12 and running to Nov. 16 from 6 to 9 p.m. Interested participants should contact Jacquie Montgomery at 4657141 or jacqueline_montgomery@sd42.ca.

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On Wednesday the Meadowridge School senior boys’ soccer team took their first step ahead in what they expect will be the best playoff run in Gryphon history. They kept up their winning pace with a 9-0 shutout Wednesday. The first round match-up in the crossover round of the Greater Vancouver Independent Schools Athletic Association was against the fourth seed in the south division, Fraser Academy. The Gryphons came out strong right against the Hornets, with Raheem Esmail opening the scoring five minutes into the match. Ten minutes later, Allan Read, following the pre-game advice of captain Nathan Kotylak, drilled a hard shot low through the box to put the Gryphons up two. Josh Jin scored three goals in the first half, including a header off a cross by Esmail. Ashwin Singh added a goal in each half, and scoring off the bench in the second half were Tanner Ko and John Jacob. Alex Kwon, the Gryphons’ number one goalie, was not tested as much as he has been at some points this season, but was very solid when the Hornets got the ball. Kwon tallied his fourth shutout of the season. This win advances the Gryphons to the GVISAA final four being hosted by Meadowridge on Friday. The Gryphons’ first game will be at 9 a.m., followed by another at 11:30 a.m.

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Although it has more visibility in places like Europe, South Africa and New Zealand, rugby is carving out its own niche in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. The Ridge Meadows Bruins men’s rugby team faced the Surrey Beavers Saturday at the Telosky Stadium at Pitt Meadows Secondary. Although it was their fifth loss of the five games they have played this season, Bruins coach Frank Walsh said they are improving each week, and this game was their best yet. “We are a new young team with huge potential and spirit,” the first year coach said. “We were really looking for a win this day and had the lead right up to the last play of the game.” The third division team was in the lead until the end of the game, and the game ended 29-25 for Surrey. “We defended our line pretty well, but after several attempts to break our defence they finally broke through to score the try and final points of the game,” Walsh said. “It was a heartbreaker to come that close to our first win and not get it, but we’ll get there.” The Bruins will play a few more games before Christmas, then they will continue the season in the spring.

Judo club enjoyed strong showing The Golden Ears Judo Club made a strong appearance Saturday at the B.C. Judo Championships at the Abbotsford AG-Rec Centre. Kaitlyn Kilmartin took second place in the junior girls’ -48 kg event. Kilmartin’s brother Jordan had an excellent match defeating some outstanding opponents on his way to winning the junior men’s -73 kg division. In the Black Men’s -73 kg division, the most competitive category in B.C., Maciej Ingielewicz took second place. After a slow start, he came back to score impressive victories against some very experienced and proficient adversaries. Josh Jensen, despite a serious injury, was able to secure his place as best -100 kg junior male and will represent B.C. at the Canada Winter Games in Halifax in February.

The Ridge Meadows Flames beat Aldergrove, the number two team in the Harold Brittain Conference, last Wednesday, only to lose to the number one Richmond Sockeyes Friday. The Sockeyes are in the Tom Shaw Conference. The Flames beat the Aldergrove Kodiaks 7-3 at the Aldergrove Community Arena. Although the Flames and Kodiaks were equal for shots on goal in the first period, the Kodiaks got two goals past Flames goalie Tyler Klassen before the Flames really came to action. Danny Brandys scored the Flames’ first goal at 17:34 in the first period.

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Their next game is at home on Saturday with a 1 p.m. kickoff against the Rowers from Vancouver. “Hopefully we get a win in the next couple games,” Walsh said. “Last year they won about half their games. They did all right, but we sent a couple players to England.” The club selected Josh Ladd and Rob Hughes to play for a season on a rugby team in England.

“We don’t know what’s going to happen with these guys,” Walsh said. “They do have potential; that’s why we selected them to go. It was kind of a hard decision to make, because you take your better players away from your team.” Some players from Canada go on to play rugby professionally in other countries, and Ladd and Hughes may do so, but Walsh said he hopes their

inﬂuence will strengthen rugby in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. “I’ve always thought rugby is a community, team camaraderie kind of game,” Walsh said. “It’s a hard sport, but there’s a lot of respect out there for the players on both teams. You can be battling really hard in a game, but you have this respect for each other after the game.” The players on the men’s

team are mostly from 17 to 22 years old, with a few players in their 30s. There are also teams for children and youth, and the Bruins hope to start a U19 team, if there is enough demand. The U19 team’s ﬁrst formal training session will be Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at Westview. The session is open to boys born in 1992 and 1993. For more information, visit bruinsrugbyclub.com.

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Full-back Dylan Schmamann of the Ridge Meadows Bruins (centre) pours on the steam as he races downfield, past Gdaeme Hesseton (right) and a player from the Surrey Beavers during the Men’s rugby game on Saturday at Telosky Field. The Beavers won, 29-25, edging out the Bruins in the final few minutes. Mitch Thompson/TIMES

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The Flames caught ﬁre in the second period, out-shooting the Kodiaks 22 to 10. Shane Harle scored a power-play goal for the Flames four minutes into the period, and goals followed from Felix Fiedler, CJ Legassic and Sean Kavanagh. In the third period Dustin Cervo had a power-play goal, assisted by Paul Piluso. The Kodiaks scored their third goal of the game at 14:07 in the third, but they didn’t regain enough momentum. Shane Harle of the Flames scored the last goal of the game, assisted by Ryan Stewart and Matthew Genovese. With Harle’s goal, the Flames won

the game 7-3. Ridge Meadows forward Ryan Stewart had three assists and was given the ﬁrst star of the game. Matthew Genovese also had three assists and received the second star of the game. The Flames faced the Richmond Sockeyes Friday at Planet Ice, but they weren’t able to use the home ice to their advantage. The Sockeyes got an early lead, with two goals in the ﬁrst eight minutes of the game. Richmond scored two more goals in the second period, with no successful goal attempts from the Flames. Despite a valiant effort from goalie Tyler Klassen, he was removed after

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Marauders outrun Roadrunners In last Tuesday’s game against the Mission Roadrunners, the Pitt Meadows Marauders Grade 8 football team scored a well-earned win, beating the Roadrunners 32-26 in front of a home audience. Dalton Hebblethwaite and Matt Cameron scored touchdowns for Pitt Meadows, and William Beale and Matt Cameron both had touchdowns from interceptions. Assistant coach Tyler Felchle said the boys all played well, but especially the Marauders’

quarterback, Jake Schuster, who threw for over 140 yards. The Marauders’ record so far this year is 2-2. “I think the guys played pretty good in the ﬁrst half, but after the motivational speech from head coach Reggie Brown, they absolutely tore it up in the second half, which is what I expected.” The Grade 8 team will play their next game on home turf today at 3:15 p.m. against Earl Marriott Secondary School.

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Gallery looking for emerging artists Artists are asked to submit four similar pieces of art for upcoming show.

The Maple Ridge Art Gallery is currently seeking submissions for its Christmas show and sale, Ensemble. The deadline for entries in this juried exhibition is Friday, Oct. 29 at 4 p.m. Artists must be able to submit a small group or series of three to seven works that are enhanced by being displayed together. Accepted works must be of the same medium and dimensions and share a common theme and/or style. All works must be for sale. There is also a limitation on size – the works must be no longer than 12” on any plane. The presentation of each artist or artisan’s work is also intended to allow for a coherent statement from each artist, rather than a collection of miscellaneous works with no visible connection to one another. This can be a useful exercise for emerging artists or artisans who are hoping to one day assemble sufﬁcient work for a solo or duo show. It is also hoped that the requirements above will generate a body of work for the gallery that lends strong visual impact, variety and overall coherence to the exhibition. “This is a great opportunity for artists to be able to showcase a selection of their works within a professional context,” said curator Barbara Duncan. “I also hope that it will add a festive note to the Gallery during the holiday season, and that many viewers will consider the artwork or ﬁne art craft as a gift.” The exhibition opens with a reception at the Maple Ridge Gallery on Saturday, Nov. 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. and runs until Sunday, Dec. 19. For more information about entering works in the exhibition, visit www.theactmapleridge.org/gallery. If you do not have web access please call 467-5855 for a submission package.

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3520 ALL SMALL breed pups local & non shedding $350+. 604-590-3727 www.puppiesfishcritters.com BLACK LAB puppies 4 males 1 female 8 wks old both parents reg. Excl hunting capability. $600 No Sunday calls 604-819-1729

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Business Services

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5035

Financial Services

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Skiing

MT. BAKER SKI AREA - 2 cabins, 1 property. Rent one, use one. Gated community with amenities. 35 minutes from border $399,500 U.S. Maryann Angus 360-224-6704 www.mymtbakerhome.com

Business Opps/ Franchises

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5060

Legal Services

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7010

Personals

DATING SERVICE. Long-Term/ Short-Term Relationships, FREE CALLS. 1-877-297-9883. Exchange voice messages, voice mailboxes. 1-888-534-6984. Live adult casual conversations-1on1, 1-866-311-9640, Meet on chatlines. Local Single Ladies. 1-877-804-5381. (18+) DENIED CANADA PENSION PLAN DISABILITY BENEFITS? The Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic can help. Call Allison Schmidt at 1-877-793-3222. www.dcac.ca.

Horses

2 NICE 3YR Reg. TB mares, moving CHEAP. $650. obo, 1-604-626-5617 *604-820-4554 CLEAN HOG FUEL $250/truckload, Delivered. 13 units. Call 604-307-4607

3540

Pet Services

I’m camera shy... BOUVIER DES FLANDERS Puppies: 6 Females, 4 Males: 3 Blonde, 3 Brindle, 4 Black, can view parents, $480 604 942 1916

Travel Destinations

WHISTLER, Gorgeous 5 BR exec view home in Alpine. Winter Lease. $5000/mo. 604-649-2777

4585

Dogs

Bookkeeper in M. Ridge currently accepting new clients. Honest, reliable, officially trained through Sprott-Shaw. Invoicing, payroll & general account. 604-460-1158

5040

RARE! CHOCOLATE, Blue, cream & brindle. French Bulldogs, Reserve now! 604-802-6934 www.westcoastrarebulldogs.com

3507

Accounting/ Bookkeeping

IF YOU own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS will lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

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Pets - Other

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 A29

REAL ESTATE 6005

Real Estate Services

★A RENT TO OWN! ★ If you have a small down payment, I have a nice home for you! Less then perfect credit OK. Call Kim 604-628-6598

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-04

Burnaby

Surrey

Renee Dubois

3 Bdrm Townhouse, Surrey, Pitt Meadows. Langley Coach Home. Call Karyn (604)857-3597

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Apt/Condos

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Real Estate

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Real Estate

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Apt/Condos

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6508

Apt/Condos

2 BR +den, 2 bath, P. Meadows, 1200sf, fp, stainless, insuite storage, ug prkg, locker, club house, fully secure, ns, np, refs, immed. $1395+utils, 604-465-6201

COQ, 1 BR. Blue Mtn Park. Quiet & priv. Patio, trees. $770/mo. Nov 1/15 or Dec 1st. 604-619-3444

AMBER ROCHESTOR

COQ. 3 BR, $950. Avail Now, Incl d/w, ht, prkg, 778-990-7079, 604-521-8249

NEW WEST, 3rd Ave/10th St. 2 BR condo. Clean & quiet bldg. 3 appl, gas f/p, u/grd prkg. $1000/mo. Ns/np. Refs req’d. Avail immed. 604-521-8445, 526-5329 after 7pm & weekends

COQ WW Plat, 2 BR, 2bath, great view, $1400/mo. Quay Pacifc Ppty Mgmt, 604-570-2786, Please Quote Code S24

ROYAL CRESCENT ESTATES

545 Rochester Ave, Coq

Close to Lougheed Mall, S.F.U. & Transportation. office: 604 936-3907

AMBER (W)

401 Westview St, Coq

COQ WWood Plat, 1 BR, 1 Bath Condo, $1150/mo, 1420 Parkway Blvd, Quay Pacific Ppty Mgmt, 604-570-2786, Quoting code C35

Large Units. Near Lougheed Mall. Transportation & S.F.U.

office: 604 939-2136 cell: 604 805-9490

ARBOUR GREENE 552 Dansey Ave, Coq

Extra Large 2 Bedrooms. Close to Lougheed Mall & S.F.U.

office: 604 939-4903 cell: 778-229-1358 BBY, 2 BR Apt, cls to school and Lougheed Mall, newly reno’d kitch & bath, N/s, N/p, Avail now, $1100/mo. Call 604-420-7023.

CALYPSO COURT 1030 - 5th Ave, New West Near Transportation & Douglas College. Well Managed Building.

office: 604 524-8174 cell: 604 813-8789

22588 Royal Crescent Ave, Maple Ridge Large units. Close to Golden Ears Bridge. Great view of River

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COQ/BBY, CORA Towers. 1000+sf, 2 BR, 2bth, appls, Gym, Media, 2 sec prkg. Near SFU/ skytrain. $1595 incls ht/hot water N/S. Sm pet negot. 604-787-1413

COTTONWOOD PLAZA 555 Cottonwood Ave, Coq

Large units some with 2nd bathroom or den. On bus routes, close to S.F.U. & Lougheed Mall.

office: 604 936-1225

JUNIPER COURT 415 Westview St, Coq

BBY, Lougheed Mall. Bright 2 BR, 2 f/baths, 14th floor. 922 sq ft. New fridge/stove, in-suite w/d, balc, u/grd prkg, storage, gym, swimming pool, sauna, jacuzzi, ping pong, pool tables, tennis courts. Near Skytrain. $1,200/mo. Ns/np. Nov 1st. 778-246-0633

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Fun By The Numbers

Houses - Sale

6020-01

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6515

Duplexes - Rent

KING ALBERT COURT 1300 King Albert, Coq Close to Transportation, Schools & S.F.U.

office: 604 937-7343 cell: 778 848-5993

BBY, NORTH. Clean 2 BR, g/lvl. Nr SFU. Big back yard. Nice area. Ns/np. Immed. 604-253-0168

6540

Houses - Rent

NW 3 BR + den, 3 ba Executive Condo, $2375 Quay Pacific Property Mgmt. 604-570-2786

MISSION – 3 BDRM, 5 APPLIANCES + FIREPLACE This family-oriented executive townhouse complex has just undergone months of renovations and is ﬁlling quickly. Renovated units. Close to schools, park, leisure centre and transit. Private single car garage as well as additional storage.

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6035

Mobile Homes

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Houses - Sale

RENTALS 6508

Houses - Sale

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6020

Expired Listing No Equity High Pymts?

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1-800-339-5133 6050

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6540

Houses - Rent

COQ, MAILLARDVILLE, 3 BR, 2 lev, all appls, carport, new reno’d. Avail now. $1490. 604-913-7785

COQ, Blue Mtn / Como Lake. 3 BR, upper floor, 1.5 baths, 6 appl., big sundeck. $1,490/mo + 2⁄3 utils. Ns/np. Nr schools. 604-939-6077 STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN ● No Qualification - Low Down ● CHILLIWACK - 9557 Williams, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town..... $888/M SURREY- 6297 134 St. Solid 7 Bdrm HOUSE w/3 bdrm suite on 1/4 acre lot with views... $1,488M WHITE ROCK - 15532 Madrona Dr 3 bdrm, HOUSE, quiet st, huge yard, dble garage, 2 yr old roof....$1,688M Call (604)812-3718 or (604)786-4663

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6565

Office/Retail Rent

CLEAN 1000SF office, street level, $750 + tax. Avail now. Maple Ridge, 604-462-9911 RESTAURANT for lease/sale! Maple Ridge restaurant. Fully equipped, ready to open, was lic. for 43 seats, also offices for lease, 2nd flr.location 269sf - 624sf 604-462-8164 or 604-339-5899

6595

Shared Accommodation

6595-20

Coq./Poco/ Port Moody

COQ, North Rd. Furnished 1 BR in house. Females only. $450/mo incl util. N/s, N/p. 604-939-6242

6595-35

Maple Ridge/ Pitt Mead.

$500, LRG BR in Rancher in M.Ridge, nr Hospital, shrd kitchen, l/r, bath, w/d & utils incl, NS NP, refs req’d, 604-463-9134 ROOMS AVAIL in M. Ridge, East & central, np, near bus, utils incl’d, immed. $450 up. 604-970-5706

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

POCO 4 BR, 2.5 baths house, 2600 sqft, newly reno’d, 2 car garage, priv lot, $2300. pets ok, Avail Nov 15. 604-809-4353

1 BDRM, M. Ridge, large, own entr, laundry, utils incl. cat ok, N/S. $700. Now. 778-846-5209

COQ, CENTRAL. 2 BR rancher by the lake. Priv w/d. $1375/mo. No pets. Nov 1st. 604-790-9500

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51. Send out waves 54. Civil Rights group 56. Emerald Isle 58. Spanish cubist painter Juan 59. Japanese dish 60. No (Scottish) 61. Ethnic group in China 62. Loud lament 63. Disk jockeys 64. waterproof raincoat 51. A Send out waves 65. Point midway between S 54. Civil Rights group and SE

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52. Ancient Biblical region 53. ____ Turner, rock singer 55. Am. ornithologists’ journal 56. Bring to a conclusion 57. Br. dominion over India

A30 Tuesday, October 26, 2010

RENTALS 6602

Suites/Partial Houses

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

HOME SERVICES 8055

Cleaning

8125

Gutters

Maple Washing

2 BDRM bsmt ste. large bdrms,1 full bath. insuite washer/dryer. Close to transit, Lougheed mall. 5 min to SFU. $1100 incl utils. No smoking, No pets 604-808-2274 2 BR, in Pitt Meadows, main flr. nr amens, own entry, ns, np, $830 + 1/3 utils, now, ref’s, 604-460-0638 2 BR Ste, College Park area, Coq., incls laundry, N/s, N/p, immed, $900/mo. 604-551-7831 3 BR bsmt, avail now, share wd, large fenced yard, 118th & 216th, $900, ns, pet neg. 778-883-0479 ALBION detached 1 BR ste on acreage. 12 ft ceilings, own w/d, $725 incl util & net 604-476-1760

BBY CARIBOO Hill, 2 BR bsmt ste, priv entry. NS/NP. Avail now. $845 incls utils. 604-526-6401 BBY, Deer Lake. 2 BR, sh’d w/d, carport. Suits 1 or 2. $900/mo incl hydro. Ns/np. Now. 604-521-6120

BBY, Edmonds/Canada Way. 1 BR. $650/mo incl hydro. Ns/np. Laundry. Suits mature person. Immed. Refs req’d. 604-522-9380

BBY, METROTOWN. 2 BR, f/bath. Ns/np. $925/mo incl hydro/ cbl/’net. Nov 1st. 604-616-7181

BBY Metrotown/BCIT. Lrg 1 BR $750 + 1/3 utils. Nov 1. NS/NP. 604-430-5062 or 778 892-5161

BBY NORTH 1 BR, exc cond in quiet new home, priv ent, enste w/d, incls internet, cbl & alrm system, $850 incls utils. suits 1. ns/np. Nov 1, 604-436-1307

Exterior Cleaning & Upkeep

COQ, WEST. Charming character home, 2 BR & den, main floor. Big private yard & patio. Jacuzzi tub. Near Skytrain. $1,150/mo. Available immed. 604-931-4051 M-RIDGE 2 br+den, bsmt ste, Selkirk 1500sf. ldry, n/s, pet ok, 1/3 util, $1000 604-322-0180 Now

COQ, Superstore/Brunette. Nice 1 BR. $650 + util. Pet welcome! 604-522-3100 or 604-941-2444

All advertising published in this newspaper is accepted on the premise that the merchandise and services offered are accurately described and willingly sold to buyers at the advertised prices. Advertisers are aware of these conditions. Advertising that does not conform to these standards or that is deceptive or misleading, is never knowingly accepted. If any reader encounters non-compliance with these standards we ask that you inform the Publisher of this newspaper and The Advertising Standards Council of B.C. OMISSION AND ERROR: The publishers do not guarantee the insertion of a particular advertisement on a specified date, or at all, although every effort will be made to meet the wishes of the advertisers. Further, the publishers do not accept liability for any loss or damage caused by an error or inaccuracy in the printing of an advertisement beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by the portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. Any corrections or changes will be made in the next available issue. The Maple Ridge Times will be responsible for only one incorrect insertion with liability limited to that portion of the advertisement affected by the error. Request for adjustments or corrections on charges must be made within 30 days of the ad’s expiration.

For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

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8075

Drywall

Small Repairs or large projects. Framing & finishing. 20+yrs exp. BCTQ certified. 604-781-9643 N. WEST, Queensborough. 2 BR. N/s. $850/mo incl hydro/cbl. Near Skytrain. Nov 1st. 604-765-7005

NEW WEST, 6th/16th. 1 BR. Sh’d w/d. $650/mo incl hydro/cbl. Near mall. Nov 1. Ns/np. 604-520-6279 NEW WEST, Westside. 2 BR, grd/lvl. Ns/np. Includes util/cable. Available now. 604-522-1896 POCO Brand new g/lvl 1 BR bstm ste, nr bus/schl, new appls, n/s, np, no laundry. Immed or Nov 1. $675 incls utils. 604-537-3600 POCO CENTER. 2 BR gr lev, own W/D, patio. Avail now. $900 incls utls, cbl. NS/NP. 778-245-8016 POCO WARWICK. 3 BR upper ste, 5 appls, $1200 + 1/2 utls. 3 BR lower g/lev, 5 appls, $1100 + 1/2 utls. Avail now. 778-855-6963

6605

Townhouses Rent

8080

Electrical

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

8087

Excavating

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Flooring/ Refinishing

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

Refinish, sanding, install, dustless Prof & Quality work 604-219-6944

COQ WW Plateau, 3 BR T/H, 3 bath $1975/mo. Quay Pacific Ppty Mgmt Ltd, call 604-570-2786

ORIGINAL FLOORS Ltd. Sales, repairs, sanding, installing of all floors. Mariusz Kolinski 604-961-0697.

PITT MEADOWS 3 BR T/H, quiet family complex, Rent geared to income, n/p, 604-465-4851

6620

Warehouse/ Commercial

BBY 6994 Greenwood St, Brand New approx 1800sf Warehouse with finished office, 1 UNIT LEFT! Clean, large O/H door, 3 phase power, available Now. Call 604 929-9493 www.westrockproperty.com

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Fall Services

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Auto Miscellaneous

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9125

8130

Handyperson

PRIMO PAINTING

Yard Clean-ups • Hedges Pruning • Gutters • Aeration Lawn Mowing Christmas Lights Rubbish Removal

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8185

Moving & Storage

Free Est./Written Guarantee

45 We accept Visa, Mastercard & Interac

Stevie’s Handyman Services Big or Small, we do it ALL! Call Stevie 778-997-0337

FREE ESTIMATES Seniors Discount

8205

Paving/Seal Coating

ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick, drains, foundations, walls, membranes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187

8220

Plumbing

8155

Landscaping

ARIES BOBCAT & LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION

10% Off with this Ad! Aman’s Plumbing Service, Lic. Gas Fitter, Reas. Rates. 778-895-2005

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9130

Motorcycles/ Dirt Bikes

PUT POWER into your career! As a Fairview Power Engineer. Oncampus boiler lab. 4th Class-Part A 3rd Class. Affordable residences. GPRC Fairview Campus. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

9145

Scrap Car Removal

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MOVING ANY where any time, Reasonable rates. call Larry for free estimates. 604-418-8119

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9145

Scrap Car Removal

Pays $150 minimum for Full-Size Complete Vehicles. Free Removal! 2-Hr. Service in Most Areas

Domestic

THE SCRAPPER 2H

1997 GRAND AM, 4 dr, auto, fully loaded, sea green, 157kms, runs very well, $2500, 604-462-9306

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle Removal Ask about $500 Credit!!! $$ PAID for Some 604.683.2200

1997 PONTIAC Grand Am, Maroon, 210,000 kms, Aircared 2 yrs $2700. 778-558-2141

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $100 cash paid for full sized vehicles. 604-518-3673

9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

1990 GMC 6000, single axel Dumptruck (hold 7yds), diesel, $9300, call Rene 604-841-4662

SSK ROOFING & SIDING Re-roofing. Gutters. WCB / BBB 604-787-4622 or 778 240-6513

Tree Services

$ BEST RATES $

Dangerous tree removal, pruning, topping, hedge trimming & stump grinding. Fully insured & WCB

Jerry 604-618-8585 Andrew 604-618-8585

A-1 TRI CRAFT TREE SERVICES (EST. 1986)

8335

Window Cleaning

Maple Washing

Exterior Cleaning & Upkeep

NORM, 604-466-9733 Cell: 604-841-1855

1-877-888-WASH (9274)

''Satisfaction Guaranteed''

9160

Sports & Imports

1997 VW Cabrio, 165K, 5sp, 2.0 litre, 4 cyl, reliable, great on gas, $4100 obo, 604-374-0381

2006 HONDA Civic DX Coupe $11,900. Auto, dark blue, PWR Locks/Windows, heated mirrors, digital dash, 4 new tires, new brakes. Honda Serviced. NO Accidents. 100k. Great on gas, +extras. Coq. ★ 604-868-3128

9173

Vans

CASH FOR ALL VEHICLES

604-790-3900 OUR SERVIC

A North West Roofing Specialist in Re-Roofing & Repair, Free Est 10% disc, WCB, Liability Insured. Jag 778-892-1530

Power Washing • Brush Washing Gutter Cleaning • Moss Control Window Cleaning

SCRAP CAR & TRUCK REMOVAL

604-761-7175

Roofing

Additions ★ Renovations Concrete Forming ★ Decks Garages ★ Bathrooms Ceramic Tile ★ Drywall Hardwood Flooring

FREE SCRAP car & truck removal. Top $$ paid for all. No wheels - no problem. 604-761-7175

STEVE TOWING SERVICES Scrap Car Removal. We Pay $$ for all cars. Call 778-316-7960

8250

FERREIRA HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Call 778-316-3217

We pay up to $300 cash

604-551-9022

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

1996 HONDA Accord, sedan, good cond, silver, 270K, reliable, $3900 obo, 604-783-7475

• Auto • Trucks • Equipment Removal

CALL RICK GOODCHILD

PLUMBERS

Water Lines (without digging) Sewer Lines (without digging) Install. Drain tiles. 604-739-2000

AAA ADVANCE MOVING Experts in all kinds of Moving, Storage & Packing. Different from the Rest. 604-861-8885

Haney Home Improvement

Baths, Drywall, Kitchens, Decks, Laminate, Tiles. 604-476-9393

8315

604-537-4140 www.affordablemoversbc.com

Renovations & Home Improvement

604-723-8434

#1 PAY-LESS PRO PAINTING 30 yrs exp. Fall Specials. Int/Ext. Power Washing. 604-891-9967

AFFORDABLE MOVING 1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 Ton $ From

8240

Interior & Exterior

Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance

1995 PONTIAC Grand Am, green, 170km, aircared, runs well. $2400. Bob @ 604-617-3774.

Call 604-630-3300 to place your ad

Painting/ Wallpaper

* EXCELLENT PRICES *

AUTOMOTIVE 9105

8195

SAME DAY SERVICE “More than just mowing!”

Call Ryan: 604-329-7792

8105

Lawn & Garden

1 to 3 Men

2 BR, quiet M Ridge nr hospital, 1.5 bath, heat/hw incl, 4 appls, 2 prkg. np. $980 604-644-5842

BBY, SOUTH. 1 BR, full bath, private w/d. N/s. $750/mo + 1⁄3 util. Near bus. Nov 1st. 604-435-6087 COQ, COMO LAKE. NEW 1 BR bsmt ste, Own W/D, sep entry, $700/mo + utils, avail Nov 1, Near bus & amens. 604-939-6765

Bi-weekly Cleaning is Our Specialty! Insured & Bonded 604-836-MAID

8160

Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times

2010 KIA Sedona Van, Loaded, 7 pass. Org 300km! Sr lady driven. Silver. $30,000. 778-960-8406

Find your car at

Free Estimate

Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

AVEIS mini DVD player with remote

FREE

28 /lb 11.64kg

club pack® prime rib roast or steak

608707/774349/738485

FREE

with min. 250 purchase $

AVEIS mini DVD player with remote *Get a free AVEIS mini DVD player when you spend $250 or more before applicable taxes at the Real Canadian Superstore location. Excludes purchase of tobacco, alcohol products, prescriptions, gift cards, phone cards, lottery tickets, all third party operations (post office, gas bars, dry cleaners, etc.) and any other products which are provincially regulated. The retail value of $24.99 for the AVEIS mini DVD player will be deducted from the total amount of your purchase before sales taxes are applied. Limit one coupon per family and/or customer account. No cash value. No copies. Coupon must be presented to the cashier at time of purchase. Valid from Wednesday, October 27th, until closing Thursday, October 28th, 2010. Cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotional offers. No substitutions, refunds or exchanges on Free product. 427301

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cut from Canada grade AA beef or higher 416867

24.99 value with 250 purchase $

AVEIS mini DVD player with remote e

608707/774349/738485

/lb 8.77kg

live Dungeness crab small 2 claw

247817

Prices are in effect until closing Sunday, October 31, 2010 or while stock lasts.

fresh pumpkins

product of Canada or USA

Old Dutch Halloween chips or popcorn twists 63 count 823690 357109

998 each

Twizzler candy assorted, 90 count, 1.4kg 747134

737674

1097

46 each

pumpkin carving kits

each

25% 770353

offf off all Halloween costumes

Nestle Favorites chocolate bars

snack size 120 count, 1.2kg

183989 Limit 1, after limit price 13.98 each

Cadbury chocolate bars

69 each

snack size, 125 count, 1.44kg

577655 Limit 2, after limit price 14.97 each

97 each

Harvest decor 311645

offf off

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PRICES EFFECTIVE IN THIS AREA ONLY

OCTOBER

WED. 27

THURS. 28

or while stock lasts. We reserve the right to limit quantities.

of your total prescription price in Superbucks™ rewards!

No waiting, no collecting. Ask our pharmacist for details!

This offer available at our pharmacies in British Columbia only.

Superbucks™ rewards are provided by host supermarket to redeem for merchandise in-store excluding prescriptions, tobacco, alcohol, lottery tickets and any other products which are provincially regulated. Redemption is also excluded at all third party operations (post ofﬁce, drycleaners, gas bar, etc.). Superbucks™ rewards are issued only for individual customer instore prescription purchases (excludes healthcare and other facilities). 4% Superbucks™ rewards are calculated as 4% of the total value of the prescription, with a minimum value of $1.00 and up to a maximum value of $99.99 per coupon. Offer expires Friday, December 31, 2010.

President’s Choice Financial MasterCard

is provided by

President’s Choice Bank

Prices are in effect until closing Thursday, October 28, 2010 or while stock lasts. We reserve the right to limit quantities. Some items may have ‘plus deposit and/or environmental charge’ where applicable. *PRICE MATCH. We determine a major competitor based on our assessment of a number of relevant factors that may vary by region. “Items you buy most” refers to our top selling products. We check competitor pricing on the majority of items you buy most on a weekly basis; and in all cases, no less than quarterly. We may not match a competitor’s short term promotional pricing activities(ie. one day sales or ‘door crashers’) or other promotional pricing activities such as ‘2 for 1’ or ‘buy 1 get 1 free’. We do not Price Match all items at all times; where we have Price Matched an item, it will be identified in-store. This is not a price match guarantee where we match any competitor price you find. PRICE CUT. Longer term price reductions on items identified in-store. “Items that matter most to you” refers to our top selling products. WEEKLY SPECIAL. Typically in effect from Friday to Thursday of each week on items identified in-store and/or in flyer.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 9AM-5:30PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31 12PM-5:00PM

Celebrating 86 Years of Quality & Service

604.463.4168

22390 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge

www.fullerwatson.ca

Monday to Thursday 9am - 5:30pm, Friday 9am - 9pm, Saturday 9am - 5:30pm, Sunday Noon - 5pm.